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UICollectionView workshop by Paweł Dudek

UICollectionView is a very powerful component in UIKit. Every iOS developer has heard about it, at least he should. It seems to be pretty straight forward and easy to use and manipulate. That is true, however… not entirely. UIColletionView has a lot of potential, which can be overwhelming and dangerous to careless programmer.

We provide great overview of the UICollectionView and related classes! In our workshop we cover following topics:

Introduction to UICollectionView: You’ll learn what it really is and what are its core components. You’ll write your first collection view code (if you haven’t done it before earlier).

Custom Collection View Layouts: This is more advanced. It will bring you to the world of custom layouts which is really fun. This part very carefully walks through the process of creating and configuring your own layout and shares lots of useful tips.

Layout Transitions: In this part you’ll explore the power of collection view and probably the coolest feature - automatic and interactive layout transitions. During the series of exercises you’ll learn how to design and create your own animations and transitions.

UIKonf Scholarships

Since UIKonf started, we offered student tickets at a greatly reduced price to make it easier for the members of our community to attend who are just starting out and can't afford the full price, yet.

This year we are happy to introduce UIKonf scholarships!

The scholarships are different from the student tickets in two ways:

They are free! Normal scholarships fully cover the conference ticket. We will try to help with travel costs if we can but due to our limited budget we are not promising anything.

They are merit and need based: we are looking creative and talented developers who really need our help to be able to attend the conference.

So you will need to fill out an application form until February 28th, 2015 and with a little bit of luck you will hear back from us with the instructions on how to register your scholarship ticket within a few weeks.

Our goal with the scholarships is to award budding developers with limited means. So please don't apply if you are already some years into your career and have job or a stable income as a freelancer.

Calling for Papers for UIKonf 2015

Submit your proposal for UIKonf 2015Everyone can participate in the process of selecting the talks for this year's UIKonf by either proposing a talk or commenting on proposals. The idea is simple. You propose a presentation until February 15th. Others will help refine and focus it by making suggestions. You keep updating your proposal bearing those suggestions in mind. We will then collectively whittle down the set of proposals to those that have been selected for the day.

Deadline for submittal: February 15th
Deadline for final changes: February 22nd
Voting period: February 23rd - March 1st

Talks should be no longer than 30 minutes plus discussion time. To get an idea which topics are most sought after, read what people told us in our survey. We are looking forward to your proposals!

Maxim Cramer and Natasha Murashev at UIKonf 2015

We are happy to announce two more speakers for UIKonf 2015. Meet Maxim Cramer and Natasha (the Robot) Murashev.

Maxim Cramer

Maxim currently works at SwiftKey where she had the privilege to be part of developing and launching SwiftKey Keyboard for iOS. Starting off with digital design at a young age, she grew curious about programming and so pursued it professionally, yet never straying far from UI/UX. Passionate about humans, she advocates testing products with people first and foremost, always enjoying the looks of surprise, confusion, and delight.

Natasha (the Robot) Murashev

Natasha is a Swift enthusiast who writes about her experiences with this still developing language on natashatherobot.com. She is currently working as an iOS engineer for Capital One in San Francisco and is also introducing beginners to mobile app development at General Assembly.

You can speak at or select speakers for UIKonf, too. Submit your proposal through our Vestibule or comment on proposals of others. We are looking forward to your ideas.